{"id":17064,"date":"2023-05-15T07:22:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-15-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T07:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:22:36","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-15-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-15-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 15, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>With Queen Street limited due to Ontario Line construction, could Dundas Street be the focal point of a Downtown transit solution?; with vacancy in commercial real estate at high levels across the country, the valuation gap continues to grow; Toronto restaurant owner comments that CafeTO&#8217;s extensive approval process has resulted in financial losses; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2023\/05\/15\/dundas-street-has-an-opportunity-for-greatness-in-the-face-of-ontario-line-construction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dundas Street has an opportunity for greatness in the face of Ontario Line construction<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-investing-commercial-real-estate-valuations\/\" target=\"_blank\">The commercial property puzzle: Real estate investors refuse to write down assets despite public market pain<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-caf%C3%A9to-program-1.6843357\" target=\"_blank\">Lengthy approval process for Caf\u00e9TO program results in huge financial losses: restaurant owner<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/14\/i-lived-in-the-path-for-two-weeks-in-2012-it-was-weird-then-but-its-weirder-now-heres-why.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\">I lived in the PATH for two weeks in 2012. It was weird then, but it\u2019s weirder now. Here\u2019s why<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/polling-shows-chow-leading-toronto-mayoral-race-as-candidates-prepare-to-square-off-in-tonight-s-debate-1.6398536\" target=\"_blank\">Polling shows Chow leading Toronto mayoral race as candidates prepare to square off in tonight\u2019s debate<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-toronto-declares-state-of-emergency-over-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto declares state of emergency over homelessness<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/15\/has-the-downtown-toronto-lunch-rush-returned-i-ate-at-three-popular-spots-to-find-out.html\" target=\"_blank\">Has the downtown Toronto lunch rush returned? I ate at three popular spots to find out<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/2023-progressive-campaign-toronto-mayor-race-1.6843114\" target=\"_blank\">20 years on, David Miller&#8217;s 2003 win looms over Toronto mayoral race<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-mark-saunders-should-see-how-amsterdam-has-broken-the-tyranny-of-the\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Saunders should see how Amsterdam has broken the tyranny of the automobile<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2023\/05\/14\/do-you-order-meal-delivery-then-you-should-defend-bike-lanes-heres-why.html\" target=\"_blank\">Do you order meal delivery? Then you should defend bike lanes. Here\u2019s why<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/niagara-tenant-rent-hike-1.6841353\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario tenant hit with $350-a-month rent hike calls for more transparency in lease agreements<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9698428\/bank-of-canada-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Housing upturn could delay a shift by Bank of Canada to cut rates. What to know<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/05\/news-roundup-may-15-2023.52456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Queen Street limited due to Ontario Line construction, could Dundas Street be the focal point of a Downtown transit &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 15, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-15-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 15, 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}